Bag-frame catch.



Patented Nov. n, I902.

T. E. GRIMM.

BAG FRAME BATCH.

Application filed Mar. 7. 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE E. GRIMM, OF NE /VARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE .I. K.OSBORN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

BAG-FRAME CATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '71 3,429, datedNovember 11, 1902.

Application filed March 7,1902. Serial No. 97,178. (No model.)

To colt whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE E. GRIMM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag-Frame Catches; and

-I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figuresof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to simplify and reduce the cost ofconstruction and provide a device which while simple and compact will bepositive and efiective as a catch and to secure other advantages andresults, some of which may be referred to hereinafter in connection withthe description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved bag or pocket-book frame andcatch and in the arrangements and combinations of parts of the same, allsubstantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embraced inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like figures ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan, of a frame having myimproved catch. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section taken through linew of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a vertical section on line y, taken through thecooperating catching members; and Fig. 5 is a section taken at line a,the last three figures being taken on an enlarged scale. Fig. 6 is aplan of the improved spring detached from its case. Fig. 7 is a sectionof the same on line as, and Fig. 8 is asection taken at y of Fig. 2.Fig. 9 is a detail view of the catching spring, showing a modificationof construction; and Fig. 10 is a section of the same on line a.

In said drawings, 11 12 are the fl-shaped members of the purse,pocket-book, or bag frame, which are hinged together at their oppositeextremities in any usual manner. At the top of one of said members acatching lip or projection is formed, preferably by pressing up themetal of said frame member, as shown in Fig. 4. In the constructionshown two of such lips 13 are employed, one at each opposite side of thetransverse center line of the catch. On the other frame member 12 at thetop is fastened an oblong case orinclosure lei, of sheet metal. Thisisraised by suitable dies or formers into the desired hollow form, asshown in Figs. 3, 1, and 8, so that there is quite a large area withinthe cen- 'ter of the case, while at the opposite ends the cavity is onlyof a depth about equal to thethickness of the spring to be insertedtherein, as shown in Fig. 5. At the front of the case, at or near thelower edge and between the opposite ends thereof, the same is cut awayor recessed, as at 15, to form an outletpassage for the finger-piece 16of the catching-spring 17.

Before fastening the case 1% upon the frame 12 the spring 17 is insertedtherein, and the single pair of rivets or fasteners 18 serve to secureboth said case and the said spring therein contained in secure andoperative position upon the frame.

In the preferred construction the catchingspring 17 comprises a piece ofsheet metal, preferably resilient brass, shaped and pressed by suitabledies and formers into the shape shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, where thesaid sheet metal is shown to be horizontal and fiat at its opposite ends171 and adapted to enter and fit snugly into the shallow cavities at theopposite ends of the case, said ends 171 being perforated incorrespondence or coincidence with perforations in the case to permitthe passage of the rivets 18. Between the said fiat ends the metal isarched up from the plane of said opposite ends, as shown in Fig. 8 at19, the raised part being reduced in width between the flat ends and atopposite sides of the center, as at 20 20, so as to weaken the metal topermit a more easy operation of the catch. At the center of the raisedor bridge-like part 19, at the rearward or inner side thereof, the metalis doubled or extends downwardly and then forwardly under the arch orbridge, as at 21, the extension 21 being preferably made more Wide thanthe downward neck or extension 22 to provide sufficient metal to formthe desired two catch holes or perforations 23 23. After passing outthrough the passage 15 of the case the extension 21 is bent vertically,or approximately so, or in a direction practically parallel with thefront of the case to form a bearing of the finger-piece 16, on which theperson opening the catch may press the thumb, and thus raise thecatching part of the fingerpiece or the extension 21 thereof away fromthe lip or catching projection 13.

The doubling of the metal as described increases the ease with which thefinger-piece can be manipulated to release the parts. Where such case isnot desired or where it is obtained by other meansas, for example, byreducing the thickness of the metal-I may employ the construction shownin Figs. 9 and 10, where the finger-piece or part extends directly outfrom the front part of the bridge or arch.

I am aware that various other changes may be made in the construction ofthe parts described without departing from the spirit or scope of theinvention, and I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself by thepositive expressions employed in the foregoing description, excepting asthe prior state of the art may require.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim as new is 1. Thecombination with the frame having members or sections hinged together attheir ends, of a catching-spring fastened to said frame at opposite endsand intermediate of said ends, having'a raised part, and a catching partturned under said raised part and projecting out from under said raisedpartto receive the finger of the operator, substantially as set forth.

2. The catching-spring for a bag, pocketbook, or the like, comprising acentrallyraised part adapted to be fastened or secured at its oppositeends to one section of a frame, and a catching extension doubled undersaid raised part and projecting out from thereunder and up in front ofsaid raised part to receive the finger, substantially as set forth.

3. The improved catch comprising a case and a spring having a raised orelevated part and a catching extension doubled under said raised partand extending out from said case to provide a bearing for the thumb orfinger, substantially as set forth.

4. The improved catch comprising a case and a spring secured at theopposite ends and elevated at the central part and an extension doubledunder said elevated part, said extension having catching means and afinger part extending out from the case and up at the front of saidcase, substantially as set forth.

5. The catch for a bag, pocket-book, or like receptacle, comprising aspring adapted to be fastened to one section of the frame of saidreceptacle and having a finger and catching extension doubled under thebody of said spring and perforated near its free end to engage the othersection of the frame, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this17th day of February, 1902.

THEODORE E. GRIMM.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, O. B. PITNEY.

